Blog Posts
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Relationship Volley
By Vicki van den Eikhof Lace on Race Center for Racial Equity Board Member When a Black woman claims she was called the n-word in a public place and nobody else says they heard it, did it really happen? And what’s the best way to respond? Recently, at a women’s volleyball game at my alma…
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Space Troubled: A Rhetorical Stance for Praxis
By Lorise Diamond I am interested in space— Not outer space but rhetorical space; racialized public space. Every space, whether real or imagined, holds its inhabitants’ values, beliefs, and attitudes. Writing a paper about digital space, a 2015 article by Yale sociology professor Elijah Anderson appeared in my search results: “The White Space.” Serendipitously, he…
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Words from the Board
Date: September 21, 2022 Dear Lace on Race Community and those looking on, Many of you have seen comments recently by those who do not align with the ethos of LoR, nor wish us well. It has been our desire to acknowledge these individuals and their comments (and use those as a growth opportunity) and…
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Education Issue, Sept. 2022: A Modest Proposal
Make no mistake. The recent loan forgiveness program is an unabashed good. Striking between $10-20k of debt load off the backs of millions of college attendees, both graduated and not, will go a long way toward burdensome (and often usurious) debt. It’s not perfect–only Federal loans are included; those with private loans (altogether or in…
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Lace Speaks on the Passing of the Quen
The Passing of the Queen, What’s Next, And The Myth of ‘Post-Colonialism’
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A Problematic Pundit Ponders Problematic Products
Lace shares about conscious consumerism. It’s not just a binary choice.